A dual-isotope approach to allow conclusive partitioning between three sources

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Whitman, Thea ^a,b   Lehmann, Johannes ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PYROGENIC ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTITIONING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; DUAL ISOTOPE APPROACH; FRACTIONATION; GREENHOUSE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; ROOT RESPIRATION; SOIL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SORGHUM; SUDANGRASS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SORGHUM;

EID: 84946606271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9708     Document Type: Article

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